Tours

[ toor; French toor ]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.

Tours

/ tur /

noun

1. a town in W central France, on the River Loire: nearby is the scene of the defeat of the Arabs in 732, which ended the advance of Islam in W Europe. Pop: 132 820 (1999)

Example Sentences

The best time of the year to visit and hotel listings are also prominent on the page, along with Tours and activities ads.

From Search Engine Land

Private tours are also available before the museum opens (for $630) or during official hours (for $340).

From The Daily Beast

Now the city fills with travelers on package tours who stay at ultra-modern hotels and spend their money at glittering malls.

From The Daily Beast

Cotton, who is challenging Democratic incumbent Mark Pryor, is an Army vet who completed combat tours in Afghanistan and Iraq.

From The Daily Beast

She hated sharing Georgie with his admirers, particularly on lecture tours in in North America.

From The Daily Beast

The subsequent media attention led prison authorities to officially shut down the tours.

From The Daily Beast

We managed to reach the majority of such points by going and returning over different highways on our longer tours.

From Project Gutenberg

Bourbonne saw a great deal more than did the Listomeres of Tours.

From Project Gutenberg

In later years she paid successful visits to America, but in England played chiefly on provincial tours.

From Project Gutenberg

From his window he looked down upon the Loire and the meadows of the beautiful valley stretching from Amboise to Tours.

From Project Gutenberg

Young persons would find Tours a delightful residence, as there is a never-ceasing course of balls and parties.

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